Reserve Bank plan subscription deadline notice issued
M C Elliot, secretary of the Reserve Bank Organization Committee, warns banks they must signal intent to subscribe to the new plan by February 22. They then have sixty days after territorial limits are set to subscribe to district stock. Also notes on local services and a public remark about refrain from derogatory talk. FOR SALE A few nice milking cows see Geo German.
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M. C. Elliot
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
A Ray From Tampa Florida Promotes its Floral Beauty
A promotional piece extols Tampa as a modern city of about 50 000 on Tampa Bay with lush flora including magnolia rubber and banana trees. It notes a new bridge over the Hillsborough River, White Way streets, a proactive Board of Trade spending 5 000 to 10 000 yearly on publicity, and a 143 percent census rise. The text forecasts Panama Canal trade stimulus and three days’ sail to the canal, calling Tampa an electrified magnified port.
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Florida
Tampa
Tampa Bay
Hillsborough
Dallas-Oak Cliff
Franklin
Lafayette
Progressive Board of Trade
Great Canal
Congress
Ball Favored for Texas Prohibition Governorship
In Texas the county conventions show Thomas H. Ball of Houston as the favored prohibitionist candidate for governor with about six times the instructed delegates of rival contenders. The final elimination occurs at Fort Worth, where Ball is expected to secure the prohibition nomination on the first ballot as Mayes and Lane contest the outcome. Grayson county sent 500 prohibitionists to Sherman, with 431 delegates uninstructed but leaning toward Ball for Fort Worth.
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Texas
Thomas H. Ball
Houston
Ft. Worth
Ball
Messrs
Mayes
Lane
Grayson County
Sherman
Officer Kills Negro Deputy Sheriff in Preston Bend
Officer O Mary shot and killed a Black man named Devro in Preston Bend last Wednesday after the suspect, who had terrorized locals with threats, drew a gun as officers entered his home. The deputy sheriff responded to a challenge to arrest him and fired before the weapon could be used.
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Depty
O’mary
Devro
Preston Bend
O' Mary
Fresh Groceries Stock Bought Since January First
T J Smith notes most of his groceries have been purchased since January first, indicating a steady annual shopping pattern and updated pantry stock.
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T. J. Smith
Postmaster Appointed for Washington by Wilson
Otto Preager, Washington correspondent for the Dallas News, has been appointed by President Wilson as postmaster at Washington and has accepted the new duties. Latest style visiting cards available. Wanted a local representative for Whitewright and nearby areas for Indian Motorcycle. For details contact Ray Dorchester at M and P National Bank Sherman Texas.
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Otto Preager
Washington
The
Dallas News
Wilson
Whitewright
Ray Dorchester
M. & P. National Bank
Sherman
Texas
Notable visit, misstep, and regional notes in a Texan paper
Dr. Anna Shaw, a leading suffrage advocate, planned a Texas visit but suffered a compound leg fracture after a fall from a suburban train in New York last Saturday. The text also covers Tampa cigar manufacturing, Ybor City’s diverse workforce, and local tourism, plus Frisco Lines’ new general manager E D Levy and the Abilene Epileptic Colony inmate John W Shipley found dead in a stand pipe.
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Anna Shaw
Texas
New York
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First National Bank
W. H. Stedham’s
Tom Ball
Parlin & Orendorff Implement CO
Dallas
Atanta
Whitewright ,Texas
Benedict Dry Goods Company
Store of
Joe Compton
Teague
Compton
Ybor City
Henry B. Plant
Ponce de Leon
St. Louis
E. D. Levy
Frisco Lines
John W. Shipley
Abilene
Pilot Point
Planters National Bank
Mangrum Bros
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